Walter Marshall

Local leaders dismayed and encouraged to fight for change ( Rev. Willard Bass speaks as S. Wayne Patterson stands at his side.) Local leaders have joined the chorus of voices condemning a grand jury’s decision not to indict white former...

The 2014 election season promises to be an interesting one, with major shifts on the horizon for the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education and a new judge joining the 21st District fold. Four of the school board’s nine members did not...

(pictured above: Head Coach Anita Howard (front row, second from right) and Salem faculty members pose with the Salem College basketball team at the Benton Convention Center Monday. Twenty-year-old Whitney Campbell is too young to remember the...

Northwest Child Development Centers CEO Dr. Tony Burton III has publicly announced his intentions to run for one of the two District A Forsyth County Board of Commissioners seats. The district, which is largely African American, is currently...

The Psi Phi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. celebrated Achievement Week, a celebration of the fraternity’s founding more than 100 years ago, by handing out honors to several local men. Forsyth County Commissioner Walter Marshall was...

The right-wing majority of the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners hit residents with a one-two punch this week. They dug in their heels on an asinine ordinance to allow residents to carry concealed weapons in Tanglewood Park and decided –...

Carver High School held Senior Awards Day on May 24. The Class of 2013 will attend colleges and universities far and wide, including North Carolina Central University, Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina A&T State University,...

The heat has been on local African American elected officials – particularly those on the City Council and Forsyth County Board of Commissioners – this year. From the debate over the city’s selling of public venues, to the backlash created by...

In a Democratic Primary shocker, Joycelyn Johnson lost her City Council seat four years ago to Derwin Montgomery, who was then a senior at Winston-Salem State University. Johnson, who served as the East Ward’s representative for 16 years, has...

Property owners should expect a rate hike as the city and county scramble for ways to make up the millions they will lose as a result of recent revaluations by the office of the Forsyth County Tax Assessor. Ninety-three percent of properties saw...

Dolores Watson purchased her home on North Cameron Avenue for $91,300 two decades ago. The dwelling is now valued at $21,600, according to the Forsyth County Tax Administration’s most recent reevaluation. The 76 percent decrease in her property...

The Effort Club of New Bethel Baptist Church, 1016 N. Trade St., will celebrate its 88th Anniversary and hold its 16th Annual Race Progress Promoters Program on Sunday, Nov. 11 at 4 p.m. This year’s program is being dedicated to the late Rev....

When the Winston-Salem Chapter of the Black Panther Party was founded 43 years ago, the city was a very different place. Party members who fought for better conditions, services and treatment for African Americans faced persecution, harassment...